The energies of the seasons ebb and flow throughout the year, but another aspect of this energetic cycle is the phases of the moon. 

Lisa Hood is the founder of LAHoodyoga, an in person and online community that offers empowering creative yoga sequences, deep healing rituals and ceremonies. Lisa’s new book, Moon Yoga, is a guide to harnessing the moon’s energy to lift and balance your life through mindful movement. Lisa provides insightful guidance on how to shape a spiritual practice that channels the moon’s energy to stimulate vitality, creativity, productivity and relaxation. 

In this episode, Gemma and Lisa discuss the phases of the moon, integrating their energetic cycle into your yoga practice, and how crystals can be utilised in this practice. 

Website: www.lahoodyoga.com

Instagram: @lahoodyoga

Book: Moon Yoga: Poses, Flows and Rituals to Help You Move with the Moon

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Lia Leendertz is a seasonal expert, writer, and host of As the Season Turns Podcast. She produces a yearly almanac which is currently on its fifth edition.

Lia's almanacs reinvent the tradition of the rural almanac for a new audience. They gives you the tools and inspiration you need to celebrate, mark and appreciate each month of the year in your own particular way, providing practical information that gives access to the outdoors and the seasons - perfect for expeditions, meteor-spotting nights and beach holidays. There are also features on each month’s unique nature, such as the meteor shower of the month, beehive behaviour, folklore, seasonal recipes and charts tracking moon phases and tides.

This week, Gemma and Lia discuss what almanacs are and how they have been used for centuries, Lia's writing process and how this has changed her perspective on seasonal change, and how dog walking is an exercise in seasonal mindfulness.

Substack: Lia's Living Almanac

Website: www.lialeendertz.com

Almanac: The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2024

Podcast: As the Season Turns

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Welcome back! After a little break, Gemma is back to talk about this month's topic - the seasons.

Expect to learn about the ebb and flow of seasonal energies, equinoxes and solstices, divine femininity and the Triple Goddess, the wheel of the year, and what to expect from the energies of September.

Plus, Gemma will share some exciting news about some upcoming projects...

The Wheel of the Year

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Rachel returns to round off this month’s topic of manifestation. Gemma and Rachel talk about the science behind manifestation, positive and negative manifestations in real life, manifesting multiple things at once, and what's happening during a very arty summer at Fire + Alchemy.

Website: ⁠www.fireandalchemy.com⁠

⁠Instagram:⁠ ⁠@fire_and_alchemy⁠

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Annika Burke is a certified life coach, business strategist and spiritual mentor, specialising in coaching women to design and create the life and business of their dreams. Following a successful career working as an economist in the international aid sector, Annika felt burned out and needed a new path. She mindfulness, yoga, and developed a spiritual practice for the first time in her life, and that’s when the real magic started to happen.

In this episode, Gemma and Annika discuss Annika’s career path and spiritual awakening, how she learned to co-create her life with the universe, why balancing masculine and feminine energy is important for manifestation, and Annika’s steps towards successful and meaningful manifestation.

Website: ⁠www.annikaburke.com

Instagram: ⁠@annikaburke_

Free Course: Seven Days with Your Soul

Podcast: Scale with Soul

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Annie Ridout is the author of three books, a journalist for the national press, a certified life coach, and a business consultant. She has helped thousands of women to launch and grow online businesses through courses and coaching and now, Annie is sharing her secret SQ (spiritual quotient) tips for more joy, magic and success - both at home and at work.

Annie’s new book, Raise Your SQ, draws on her own experience of how raising her spiritual intelligence transformed her work life, from scrimping and saving each month, to creating a six-figure business from scratch. The book starts with a fantastic introduction to manifestation, covering ancient knowledge and practices, and a seven-day blueprint to get clear on your goals.

In this episode, Gemma and Annie discuss spiritual intelligence, how manifestation has always been a part of the human experience, connecting with deities, and how getting clear about what you want is key for manifesting it.

Website: www.annieridout.com

Instagram: @annieridout

Twitter: @annieridout

Suggested crystal shops: 

Star child

Frome Crystal Shop

The Old Forge Fossil Shop

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Erika is a certified psychic master, tarot reader, and sound healer that runs manifestation workshops at Fire + Alchemy. During a random near-death experience in Africa, Erika was saved by her spirit guide, which changed her path forever. She has since dedicated her life to providing the tools for women to tap into their powers and create the life they deserve. 

In this episode, Gemma and Erika discuss gratitude and a connection to nature as tools of manifestation, how Erika uses sound bowls and chakra work in her manifestation classes, how the tarot can be used in manifestation, and advice to others for improving their manifestation abilities

Website: www.erikaowls.com

Instagram: @erikaowls

Email: [email protected]

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With summer here, the days are long and the sun is high; the energy is perfect to talk about this month’s topic - manifestation. We are all manifesting everyday, whether we are aware of it or not. And where we direct our attention and energy dictates what we draw in to our lives. Manifestation is energy flow.

In this episode, Gemma introduces the topic of manifestation, how gratitude is foundational for manifestation, what The Secret gets right and what it’s missing, and how to work with crystals and chakras for manifestation.

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Rachel is back on the podcast to discuss this month's topic of modern witchcraft. Gemma and Rachel talk about witch wounds and ancestry, the power of circles, physical locations they connect with, and what's happening at Fire + Alchemy.

Website: www.fireandalchemy.com

⁠Instagram:⁠ @fire_and_alchemy

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This week, Gemma talks to Laura and Ellen O’Rourke of Witches Magazine. Ellen founded Witches Magazine whilst at university, and her mother Laura is the current editor.

Ellen is a digital nomad who spends her time roaming the UK (and beyond!) in her trusted van, Angus. A self-proclaimed “wild one”, Ellen follows an eclectic path, which is rooted in sustainability, protecting wildlife and local ecosystems, and walking a path of authenticity in alignment with her true self. Laura is a ceramicist, a lover of nature, food & wine, dancing, music, yoga, walking, reading and piano playing. With her passion for everything outdoors, she is regularly out with her trusty camera, exploring the flora and fauna along the shores and countryside in Devon, UK.

In this episode, Gemma, Laura, and Ellen talk about the origins of the magazine and the fantastic community that has formed around it, their own spiritual practices, and how new witches can navigate the world of witchcraft.

Website: www.ellenorourke.co.uk

Instagram: @ellen.orourke

Website: www.witchesmagazine.com

Instagram: @witchesmagazine

Contact: [email protected]

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